Merge "Document plugin API policy change on patch-level"
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@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ are tightly coupled to a specific major.minor server version and
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may require source code changes to compile against a different
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server version.
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Plugins may require a specific major.minor.patch server version
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and may need rebuild and revalidation across different
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patch levels. A different patch level may only add new
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API interfaces and never change or extend existing ones.
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[[extension]]
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An `extension` in Gerrit runs inside of the same JVM as Gerrit
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in the same way as a plugin, but has limited visibility to the
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